Category: Texas
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June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
A map of the risk for anti-trans laws. For Pride, America feels like it has cleaved into two countries – one which targets transgender people everywhere, and one that has taken huge protective steps. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Take action now
We’re facing an unprecedented onslaught of bills targeting the rights of the transgender and nonbinary community in state legislatures across the country — and the attacks are getting worse every day. The latest from Texas could have sweeping impact in OTHER states. Rating: Transsupportive, Human Rights Campaign, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive)
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How extremists are exploiting transgender kids to undermine our free democracy
Here in Ohio and across the country, the promise of a representative legislative process has been shattered by anti-transgender extremists’ misinformation and censorship. Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Europe pumps the breaks on transgender care for minors amid uproar in US
Republicans in the U.S. are citing Europe’s skepticism of transgender care for minors. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 20, 2023, PDF archive, HTML archive
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Transgender care bans cause families to flee to other states
‘I’ve kept her safe’: Families flee states with transgender care bans to protect their children Rating: Transsupportive, USA Today, June 20, 2023, PDF archive, HTML archive
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Fund The Fight To Stop Republicans From Defunding Libraries Now!
Despite their significant importance, states like Florida, Missouri, Texas, and Idaho are working to pass legislation that will do everything from limiting access to books and resources, to reducing staff, forcing libraries to cut programs and services or outright close. Rating: Transsupportive, National Campaign for Justice, June 14, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Janelle Monae Vows To Fight Anti-LGBTQ Bills: I’ll Never ‘Be Silent’
“If we’re erasing history, how are we supposed to correct the mistakes that the past has made and create a better future?” Monáe asked. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive)
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LGBTQ Americans Are In A State of Emergency, HRC Declares
LGBTQ+ Americans are facing “real, tangible and dangerous” threats, said Human Rights Campaign CEO Kelley Robinson. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 6, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Texas Becomes Most Populous State To Ban Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill into law on Friday, making Texas one of at least 19 states to have enacted similar bans. Huffington Post, June 4, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Drag Show Artists Fear Crackdown As Texas Passes Sexual Conduct Bill
Texas would expand what is considered an illegal public performance of sexual conduct, under a bill approved late Sunday by state lawmakers that drag artists fear will be used to criminalize their shows. Huffington Post, May 29, 2023 (PDF archive)